Meeting 2024 04 11

Date: April 11, 2024
Time: 11 am - Noon US Central Daylight Time
Location: Virtual Meeting. Zoom information: https://recaptcha.open-mpi.org/pmix-std-recaptcha/
Active Notes Link: Google Doc - Please add your name and affiliation.

Agenda

Next Meetings

PMIx ASC Q2 2024 Meeting (Format: virtual)
 * May. 7 & 9, 2024 (10 am - 1 pm US Central)
   * Apr. 12: Announcement deadline
   * Apr. 23: 2 week freeze deadline on all PR changes

Next PMIx ASC Monthly Meeting:
 * June 13, 2024

Attendance

Person	Institution
Aurelien Bouteiller	UTK
Michael Karo	Altair
Thomas Naughton	ORNL
Kathryn Mohror	LLNL
Ralph Castain	self
Norbert Eicker	JSC
David Solt	IBM
Ken Raffenetti	ANL
Isaias Compres Urena	TUM

Agenda

Open Discussion

Administrative

Open Positions: Secretary seat is available
Wait and see how HPFS will evolve, inventory of assets ongoing
Progress on websites redesign

PMIx v4.2

Review rc2 and prepare for release.

PMIx v5.1

Review open PRs
Drift items

PR ongoing work (to announce for 24Q2?)

PR 500 IAWG Process management chapter
PR 449 IAWG pack/unpack chapter
PR 398 IAWG publish-lookup chapter
Drift items https://github.com/openpmix/pmix-tests/actions
- Triaged items are entered into Issues list with the “Drift:” prefix
- Note: Not all items identified in scans are needed (e.g., prototyping in openpmix) but once confirmed as gap a new ticket is created.

Working Groups

IAWG:

Activity report

Tool/Dynamics:

Activity report
Meeting info was incorrect for the monthly and many could not join

Call for new WGs

General discussion items

Convergence between the standard document and Open PMIx documentation
Advancement toward improving online documentation (if not discussed during IAWG report)
PMIx broader community outreach (BoF SC24, SIAM PP, tutorials, other?)
General discussion items

Notes

Next PMIx ASC Meetings:
- Next Monthly: June 13, 2024
- PMIx ASC 2Q 2024 Meeting (Format: virtual)
  - May 7 & 9, 2024 (10 am - 1 pm US Central)
  - Apr. 9 Apr.12: Announcement deadline
  - Apr. 23: 2 week freeze deadline on all PR changes
Administrative
- Open position: Secretary seat is available
- Wait and see how HPFS will evolve, inventory of assets ongoing
- Progress on websites redesign
  - Updates of content that changes frequently (chairs, etc.)
  - Ralph is working on a document that illustrates how core features operate
PMIx v4.2
- 4.2rc2 is out, we will complete it and slated for consideration at 24Q2
PMIx v5.1
- Some drift PRs got merged
PR ongoing work (to discuss in 24Q2?)
- PR 500 IAWG Process management chapter (announce for 24Q2)
- PR 449 IAWG pack/unpack chapter (announce for 24Q2)
- PR 398 IAWG publish-lookup chapter (on hold)
Working Groups
- IAWG:
  - Cleanup PRs in the pipeline for process management chapter:
    - Changes were put on hold to wait for use-case examples
    - Use-case document has two use-cases right now:
      - BC exchange has description but no code
      - A very simple host-server
- Tool/Dynamics:
  - Restart activities towards dynamic workflows at may 8th (instead of May 1st which is a public holiday in Germany)
    - Then back to 1st wednesday
  - Will take a look at dynamic processes then
- Call for new WGs
Brief review of drift items
- https://github.com/openpmix/pmix-tests/actions
- Triaged items are entered into Issues list with the “Drift:” prefix
- Note: Not all items identified in scans are needed (e.g., prototyping in openpmix) but once confirmed as gap a new ticket is created.
General discussion items
- PMIx Documentation effort status (if not discussed during IAWG)
- PMIx BoF SC24, keep an ear out for other opportunities to meet the community (SIAM PP?)
- Open Discussion
- Review Action items:
  - Continue updating websites
  - Continue merging standard text/clarifications into the Open PMIx doc
  - Prepare a final mockup for organizational structure revamp
  - Prepare 4.2rc2
  - Prepare pr500/pr449 for Q2 reading
  - Merge accepted v5 items